پا بہ دامن ہو رہا ہوں بسکہ میں صحرا نورد — مرزا غالب

Paa ba-daaman ho rahaa huu.n bas-ke mai.n sahraa-navard

Paa ba-daaman ho rahaa huu.n bas-ke mai.n sahraa-navard
Khaar-e-paa hai.n jauhar-e-aa.iina-e-zaanuu mujhe
Dekhnaa haalat mere dil kī ham-aaghoshī ke waqt
Hai nigaah-aashnaa teraa sar-e-har-moo mujhe
Huu.n sarapaa saaz-e-aaha.ng-e-shikaayat kuchh na puuchh
Hai yahī behtar ki logo.n me.n na chhe.De tuu mujhe
Baa.is-e-wa-maa.ndagī hai umr-e-fursat jo mujhe
Kar diyaa hai paa-ba-za.njiir ram-e-aahoo mujhe
Khaak-e-fursat bar-sar-e-zauq-e-fanaa ai intizaar
Hai ghubaar-e-shīsha-e-saa.at ram-e-aahoo mujhe
Ham-zabaa.n aayaa nazar fikr-e-sukhan me.n to mujhe
Mardumak hai tootī-e-aa.iina-e-zaanuu mujhe
Yaad-e-mizhgaa.n me.n ba-nishtar-zaar-e-saudaa-e-khayaal
Chaahiye waqt-e-tapish yak-dast-e-sad-pahluu mujhe
Iztiraab-e-umr-e-be-matlab nahī.n aakhir ki hai
Justaju-e-fursat-e-rabt-e-sar-e-zaanuu mujhe
Chaahiye darmaa.n-e-resh-e-dil bhii tegh-e-yaar se
Marham-e-zangaar hai wo wasma-e-abruu mujhe
Kasrat-e-jaur-o-sitam se ho gayaa huu.n be-dimaagh
Khub-ru.iyo.n ne banaayaa Ghalib bad-khuu mujhe
Fursat-e-aaraam-e-ghash-e-hastī hai buhraan-e-adam
Hai shikast-e-rang-e-imkaa.n gardish-e-pahluu mujhe
Saaz-e-iimaa-e-fanaa hai aalam-e-pīrī Asad
Qamat-e-kham se hai haasil shokhii-e-abruu mujhe